West End Theatre's

[lunaswand]

DH & I went to the theatre on Saturday to see HP & The Cursed Child, the performance was good but completely ruined by the horrendous heat in the theatre. It was so hot people were using anything as fans, DH fashioned one out of a Malteser box.
During the interval we enquired about the air conditioning only to be told there wasn't any!

I'm so annoyed as it completely ruined the day - are all London theatre's like this because they are old buildings?
Am I being unreasonable to expect to not have to sit wafting my t-shirt throughout the performance so I don't pass out from the heat when we have paid almost £400 to see a performance we've been looking forward to for so long?

The newest West End Theatre, Soho Place, has air con. Went to see the excellent ‘The Fifth Step’ there on Monday and was delighted to find I needed the lightweight cardigan I’d brought with me it was so cool. I wouldn’t have wanted to pay £80 a seat to sit and sweat and pray for it to be over.

we were sat in the stalls - goodness knows how hot it was further up

I wish it was £80 - it was almost £400 for 2 people to see both parts!

We were there two weeks ago when it was 33 degrees outside and it was lovely and cool during the performance but got a bit warmer during the interval.

I assumed the aircon got switched off at the break.